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...shadows of real-life terror and true bravery, and past slights are overlooked, let?s make a bid to hold on to what we know. Sure, we will be enormously pleased to see everyone - from our parents all the way down to Bob, our recently paroled third cousin twice-removed. This Thanksgiving, we may even be able to forget what was said all those years ago about our 10th-grade prom date. And all this will happen because we have confronted our own demise, and faced the prospect of never having a family dinner again. After September 11th, those...
...first among the royals, then among the communists and finally among the anti-Soviet mujahedeen - and right now its the latter who are reclaiming power. King Zahir Shah, who the U.S. hopes will return from exile in Rome and lead a democratic renaissance, was overthrown in 1973 by his cousin, Mohammed Daoud, who was himself overthrown by a communist military coup in 1978. But as infighting among two rival communist factions became more violent and chaotic, the Soviets invaded in 1979 and installed their preferred faction. That united a plethora of mujahedeen groups, who, with the backing of Pakistan, Saudi...
...whether your little cousin wants a golden snitch or just has to have a bag of Every Flavor Beans this holiday season, the toys exist. How long they will stay on the shelves remains to be seen...
...sanity, I did not go so far as to put it on my forehead). I also walked out with a copy of the new, much-hyped fourth book in the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. I had purchased the book partly because a cousin of mine was desperately counting on me to get it for her, but something else made me stand in a line that snaked throughout the store for an hour. Simply speaking, I got caught up in the hype...
Morris decision to attend Harvard, however, was not as difficult. Although recruited by a number of top schools, Coach Murphy went out of his way to bring Morris to Cambridge. During his school visit Morris stayed with his cousin on the football team, Mike Brooks 01. The location and diversity of Harvard were both persuasive factors in Morris decision...